By Eric Sprott (Contact / Staff Bio)
April 10, 2008 - 12:15 a.m. EST

CLEMSON — Following a strong season that featured the team’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in a decade, Clemson head basketball coach Oliver Purnell landed a huge commitment in Milton Jennings on Wednesday.

The 6-foot-9 power forward from Summerville’s Pinewood Prepatory School is still a junior, but is four-star recruit and is ranked as the nation’s No. 35 prospect by Scout.com.

Jennings is also considered the top prospect in South Carolina, as he helped lead Pinewood to its third consecutive state title this past season while averaging 18.9 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.

With Jennings now on board, the Tigers have landed two prospects for the 2009 recruiting class, as Devin Booker is also slated to be in a Clemson uniform.

Booker, the younger brother of current Tigers’ sophomore big man Trevor Booker, is also a four-star prospect by multiple services, and could team up in the Tigers’ front court with his older brother as a freshman.

Tigers to Maui? A Hawaiian newspaper is reporting that Clemson will be the marquee team on the bill at the 2008 Maui Invitational in Hawaii.

Though Clemson has yet to confirm or deny the report, and no contracts have been signed, the Tigers are rumored to be taking part in the tournament that is usually held around Thanksgiving, and is played at the Lahaina Civic Center on the island of Maui. Chaminade University of Honolulu hosts the event.

Fields committed for football. The Clemson football team also landed a national recruit this week in linebacker Eric Fields.

Fields, a junior at Warner Robbins High School (Ga.) is a four-star recruit, the third such rated prospect for Clemson’s 2009 recruiting class.

The fifth overall recruit of head coach Tommy Bowden’s next class, is ranked the No. 62 recruit in the country regardless of position by rivals.com.

The 6-foot-2, 220 pound prospect also entertained offers from perennial powers such as Georgia, Alabama and LSU before committing to the Tigers on Tuesday.